Oh so close to a big win on the road, the United States gave up Jermaine Beckford's tying goal in the 89th minute. It appeared as though another trip to Jamaica would prove to be frustrating for the Americans.

Two games in six days going back-and-forth to Southern California was going to be enough of a travel challenge for the Seattle Sounders. Then U.S. Soccer decided to throw a major detour into the Sounders travel plans.

Generating offense without involving leading scorer Alvaro Saborio was a problem for Real Salt Lake throughout much of last season. So the team's outlook didn't seem promising when the forward injured his knee during a national team stint with Costa Rica this week.

Sounders FC will be without one of their key pieces for the first leg of their CONCACAF Champions League semifinal against Santos Laguna, as goalkeeper Michael Gspurning has been suspended for one game after picking up his second yellow card in the second leg of the CONCACAF tournament.

Eddie Johnson scored yet again against Seattle's fiercest rival. Obafemi Martins traveled halfway across the world to make his Seattle debut and received a huge ovation when he finally stepped on the field.

In the midst of chewing out his team for a lackluster first-half effort, Seattle Sounders coach Sigi Schmid made certain his players knew to take chances on shots in the final 45 minutes trying for the needed three goals to advance.